Needs survey data analysis Data gathering for the evaluation survey
44 a. Students’ Needs Based on the Questionnaire
There were two classes namely class IV A and class IV B. The total of the students were 51 students. The raw data of the result of the questionnaire on the
needs survey were presented in Appendix C. From the result of needs analysis, 100 of the fourth grade students of SD
Negeri Dayuharjo considered that English is fun. There was only 15.86 of them who joined an English course and 86.27 of the students learned English in order
to recognize the vocabularies. The data shows that most of the students 96.07 would like to be able to pronounce the vocabulary correctly. There were 41.17
of them who thought that English was difficult to learn and the difficulty that they met was in the vocabulary; whereas 58.83 of the students did not consider
English as a difficult lesson. There was 88.23 of the students who said that teaching media were able
to facilitate them in learning English. Related to the students’ point of view of the teaching learning activities, 50.98 of the students preferred studying English
seriously. There was 47.06 of them who chose fun and only 1.96 wished the relaxed condition.
The table also showed that for the most part of the students 47.06 was fond of in arranging, writing and memorizing words, observing things or pictures,
and listening to the music and singing. It was also found that 45.09 of the students who liked to work in group, 41.17 of them liked to arrange puzzle,
33.3 of them enjoyed in observing surroundings. There was only 29.41 of the students who were fond of doing physical movement, 11.77 of them preferred to
45 work individually, 9.8 of them chose other activities, playing football and
drawing and only 5.88 of them liked to count objects. Concerning to the topics that interest them, 76.47 of the students assumed
things in the classroom as an interesting topic and able to help them in learning English. Whereas, 74.51 of the students liked numbers, 62.75 of them
preferred hobbies to be included in the lesson, 60.78 of them enjoyed the alphabets topic.
There was 56.86 of the students who chose school activities and 49.02 of them would like body and face included in the lesson. Moreover, 41.17 of
them liked to learn about introduction, 37.25 chose greetings, 29.41 would like to learn about direction and only 9.81 of the students who chose
prepositions.
b. Students’ Needs based on the Interview The writer interviewed the English teacher of SD Negeri Dayuharjo. The
teacher said that most of the students were active students. They liked to move and talk. Some of the students, especially the boys, were difficult to focus on the
lesson. The teacher frequently applied traditional technique, by explaining the materials, to teach the students because it would be easier for the teacher to
manage the class. However, the teacher sometimes asked the students to do role play.
There were some problems found in learning English. First, the willingness of the students in learning English was quite low. Second, the activities provided